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NITD TATES FATENT FFICq WILLIAM H. TIVY AND LEO EHRLICH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOUR, ASSIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER CUTER SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392.895, dated November 13, 1888,

Application filed February 13, 1888. Serial No. 263,792. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concerm Be it known that We,WILLIAM H. TIVY and LEO EHRLICH, both of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in PaperCutters, of which the following is afull, clear, and eX- aet description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figureis an eleVation Of Our improved cutter. Fig. II is an end view. Fig. III is a (letail section taken On line III III, Fig. I. Fig. IV is a detail top view.

Our invention relates to an improvemcnt in maehines for holding and cutting wrappingpaper; and our invention consists ,in features of novelty hereinafter fully dcseribed, and pointed out in the Claims.

Referrig to the draWings, 1 represents a base, to which ends 2 are secured. These ends have extensions 3, upon which the gudgeons 5 of the paper-roller 4 bear and move.

6 represents arms pivoted at 7 to the ends 2, and Whieh bear against the extended ends of the gudgeons 5, and, being inclined on their lower edges,tend to move the paper-roller forward as the paper9 is removed. In these parts per se Weclaim no invention in this application.

8 represents the knife secured to the Outer ends of the arms 6 and extending upwardly and outwardly from the roll of paper. Journaled in the arms a short distance from the knife, and between it and the roll of paper, is a roller, 9. The edge 11 of the paper is passed upwardly between the roller 9 and the knife, and When it is desired to remove aportion of it it is pulled out and moved over against the edge of the knife and cut off. The portion 11 then between the roller and the knife Will Spring back to the Vertical position shown in Fig. II, forming an easy finger-hold When more paper is Wanted.

The extensions 3 have bars 15 to prevent the displacement of the paper-r0ller.

We prefer to make the roller 9 removable, so that it may be taken out, if desired, in placing the paper between it and the knife. WVe have shown it removable by forming grooves in the upper faces of the arms to receive the journals or gudgeons of the roller.

Ve claim as our invention+ 1. In a paper-cutter, in combination With a paper-roller, the paper-roller support, an up- Wardly -extending knife, a roll of paper on which the knife is supported, having an npwardly-extending free end in rear of theknife, and a guide-roller located in the gap between the free end and the roll, substantially as described.

2. In a paper-cutter, in combination With a paper-roller, the support, an upwardly-extending knife, a roll of paper on which the knife is supported, having an upWardly-eXtending free end in rear of theknife, and aremovable guideroller located in the gap between the free end and the roll, substantially as described.

3. In a paper-cutter,the combination Of the roller upon which the paper is Wouud, a support for the roller, arms pivoted to the support, knife on thearms, and roller journaled in the arms a distance from the knife, and between which and the knife the paper passes, substantiall y as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM H. TI'VY. LEO EHRLICH. In presence of- EDWD. S. KNIGHT, J os. WVAHLE. 

